Thousands rally at March on Mississippi
Thousands stood together in unity as Rep. Bennie Thompson, actor Danny Glover and Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke in support of unionization at the Nissan plant...
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Danny Glover joins fight to unionize Nissan
Unsafe working conditions, injuries on the job, fighting against unions with intimidation tactics; that’s what Nissan workers have described as their daily reality at the...
Union Forms at Tuscaloosa Plant, Could Have Implications in Mississippi
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala.–A union is not what many state officials want at any of Mississippi’s auto manufacturing plants, but the United Auto Workers of America have...
Freedom Summer: Celebration of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
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JACKSON, Miss.–Mississippi was at the epicenter of the Civil Rights struggle in the 1960s and perhaps the most intense year of that struggle was 1964....
Right to Work: Governor Signs Bills Limiting Union Activities
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JACKSON, Miss.–Mississippi is a “right to work” state, meaning collective bargaining, or unions, do not have a say in whether or not you can work....
Pressure to Unionize, Who’s Supporting it at the Nissan Mississippi Plant
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CANTON, Miss.–Pressure to unionize the Nissan plant at Canton has been building for at least a year and now union branches in France and Brazil...